December 11th, 2022 at 3:23PM

yaldabaothadeez:

If I wanted to kick a hornets’ nest, and I do, I’d say something like

“Being good at programming/computers is a cop-out for people who should be physical scientists or mathematicians. Learning it feels like insight into How Things Work, but it’s ultimately just systems built by other humans, so essentially it’s on the same level as literature.”

I don’t think I usually actually believe this, but it would be neat to make other people think I did.

(via scarecrowomen)

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244 notes #i do think this but that’s because i love biology and i hate how computer people think they understand it#like bio hacking bros who think that our bodies are like machines that can be fully understood and optimized instead of a mess of wet meat#created by 3 billion years of mistakes
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